Following yesterday’s story that threat actors have already compromised Android 13’s security setting, here is a good news story about how Android 13 with help protect your privacy: The Android 13 Privacy Settings You Should Update Now | WIRED UK
Chinese Big Tech shares information with the Chinese government
I am not sure how they would say no! If they “share” their trade secret algorithms, what else will they share? So be aware that if you interact with a Chinese organisation that information cannot be considered private anymore. Chinese internet giants hand algorithm data to government – BBC News
End to End Encryption – one of my favourite things
Facebook is testing E2EE for Messenger: Facebook testing end-to-end encryption as a default on Messenger – The Record by Recorded Future What is E2EE? End-to-end encryption – Wikipedia
Mercenary Spyware
“Spyware is huge threat to global human rights and democracy, expert warnsCybersecurity expert Ron Deibert to testify to Canadian MPs about troubling spread of invasive surveillance tools” Leyland Cecco – The Guardian Spyware is huge threat to global human rights and democracy, expert warns | Canada | The Guardian
Facebook and Instagram tracking
Felix Krause, a privacy consultant and one time Google engineer has an article examining how Meta tracks users when they follow links from Meta websites using the iOS apps: iOS Privacy: Instagram and Facebook can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser · Felix Krause (krausefx.com) …
